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Bryan Shorrocks
Honorary Visiting Professor

Biography

Bryan Shorrocks came to the Department of Environment and Geography, at York, in November 2006. Before his association with York he was Professor of Population Ecology at the University of Leeds. For many years he was senior editor of the Journal of Animal Ecology and is presently one of the Editors for the African Journal of Ecology. He has twice been a member of the Council of the British Ecological Society, and has been on research committees for NERC (TLS, and Large Scale Ecological Processes in Ecology), and AFRC (Plants & Environment, and Global Environment Change). Presently he gives scientific advice to the Namibian Cheetah Project, is UK representative for the East African Wildlife Society and is a Trustee of the East African Wildlife Trust (to advise on scientific matters). This Trust was originally started by Richard Leakey, in Kenya, but has now moved to the UK. He carries out most of his East African Research at the Mpala Research Centre, central Kenya, Etosha National Park, Namibia, and Samburu National Reserve, Kenya. 

Over many years Professor Shorrocks has supervised 36 postgraduate students, funded by a variety of sources. His total research grant income to date (27 research grants) is £1,778,246. During the last 26 years, he has had 147 publications.

Career

Honorary Visiting Professor University of York
PhD Manchester
BSc Leicester
Shorrocks, Byran

Contact details

Professor Bryan Shorrocks
Department of Environment and Geography
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5NG

Tel: 01904 322999